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grunge
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grunge
a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound
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grunge - /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so.

2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code.
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There was Nashville contrarian Webb Wilder (of ``Horror Hayride'' fame) somehow managing to meld hillbilly and heavy metal with ``Human Cannonball,'' while Janet Weiss of the eternal Northwestern riot grrrl trio Sleater-Kinney evoked no less than grunge rock presagers Blue Cheer's tubthumper Paul Whaley with her hellbent drumming.
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST STRIKES ALL-INCLUSIVE CHORD by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In the town where grunge rock once ruled, the sophisticated electro-jazz styling of FCS North sound almost alien.
Adjusting focus by Gdula, Steve / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
5 jumped from classic rock to embrace the grunge rock sound, only to return to its original format again last year as the draw of grunge bands waned.
Stations switch formats at first sign of trouble by Daniels, Wade / Los Angeles Business Journal
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